Blue Box anime confirms October 2024 release date and theme songs with main trailer

Blue Box anime is set to premiere on October 3, 2024, as confirmed by the anime's official staff via the main promotional video and visual. The short clip has also revealed and previewed the show's opening and ending theme songs. Additionally, the anime's official site has unveiled a new key visual. Netflix will stream the series as it airs in Japan.

Produced by Telecom Animation Film, Blue Box anime is an adaptation of Koji Miura's original rom-com & sports manga series. Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump has been serializing the manga and has published 16 tankobon volumes thus far.

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Blue Box anime's main trailer and visual confirm the October 3, 2024, release date

The official website and X (formerly Twitter) account for the Blue Box anime shared the main trailer on Saturday, September 7, 2024. According to the video, the anime will premiere in Japan on October 3, 2024, at 11:56 pm JST, on TBS and its 28 affiliated channels.

Additionally, Netflix has confirmed that it will stream the series weekly starting October 3, 2024. Yet, the company added that the release times may vary by country. However, the episodes will be available on the platform following their TV broadcast. Besides Netflix, the Blue Box anime will be available on more than 25 streaming services in Japan.

Key visual for Blue Box anime (Image via Telecom Animation Film)

The main trailer for the Blue Box anime showcases Chinatsu, Taiki, Hina, and others working hard on their club activities and love. Additionally, the short clip reveals and previews the opening theme, Same Blue, performed by Official HiGE DANdism, and the ending theme song, Teenage Blue, by Eve.

Aside from the trailer, the official staff has unveiled a key visual for the anime. The illustration depicts the protagonist, Taiki Inomata, and his love interest, Chinatsu Kano.

Other characters including Hina Chono, Kyo Kasahara, and Kengo Haryu appear in the background. The visual shows Chinatsu and Taiki smiling at each other, while their friends look at them. Undoubtedly, the visual colors the beginning of their rom-com story.

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Cast and staff for the Blue Box anime

Shoya Chiba stars in this rom-com anime as Taiki Inomata, while Reina Ueda voices his love interest, Chinatsu Kano. Akari Kito has joined the voice cast as Hina Chono, while Yuma Uchida plays the role of Kengo Haryu. Chiaki Kobayashi lends his voice to Kyo Kasahara.

Yuichiro Yano directs the anime at Telecom Animation Film, with Yukio Kakihara supervising the scripts. Miho Tanino, known for his contribution to the Tower of God anime, designs the characters. UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS is planning and producing the series.

Shueisha's MANGA Plus platform publishes the manga in English and it describes the story as follows:

"Taiki Inomata is on the boys' badminton team at sports powerhouse Eimei Junior and Senior High. He's in love with basketball player Chinatsu Kano, the older girl he trains alongside every morning in the gym. One Spring day, their relationship takes a sharp turn...And thus begins this brand-new series of love, sports, and youth!"

The anime will showcase the unique chemistry between Taiki and Chinatsu as they will discover certain aspects of themselves they didn't know existed.

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